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Index of Chinese Phrases and Vocabulary
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The following video demonstrates each syllable of the pinyin structure
and the exercise of pinyin/zhuyin with basic Chinese 4-tune pronunciation

Mandarin pinyin tunes
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retroflex tunes in Mandarin

chāng, cháng, chǎng, chàng

first tune

chāng

prosperous

chāng

prosperous; flourishing

昌盛

chāng shèng

prosperous

chāng

flourishing

shèng

Chinese characters also pronunced chāng


second tune

cháng

long; length

cháng

long and short

長,短

cháng duǎn

long

cháng

short

duǎn

usually; constant

cháng

ordinary; common

平常

píng cháng

equal; level

píng

usually

cháng

intestines
sausage

cháng

Chinese characters also pronunced cháng


third tune

chǎng

field

chǎng

place; ground

場地

chǎng dì

field

chǎng

ground

Chinese characters also pronunced chǎng


fourth tune

chàng

sing

chàng

sing a song

唱歌

chàng gē

sing

chàng

song

smoothly; unobstructed

chàng

delightful; pleasant

暢快

chàng kuài

smoothly; unobstructed

chàng

fast; gratified

kuài

Chinese characters also pronunced chàng

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